Arts
The Anorexic Blue Line
I have a number of friends who are police officers. Or to be more accurate, former police officers. Which is a bit of a paradox really, as by far the majority of rank and file [more…]
Corruption
Economics
“Sticking to Your Guns” – and Other Failed Strategies
There can be little doubt that tenacity is a great virtue. It means holding on to something important, something you believe in, no matter what. The trouble with tenacity, however, is that it does not [more…]
Arts
Where have all the P.O.’s gone?
According to Touchstone in ‘As You Like It’, the seventh form of lie is “…the lie direct” (Act V, Scene IV): our Politicians do not often use this form – for instance, the late and [more…]
Arts
The Slow Death of Democracy
The original Athenian concept of democracy was the people were represented in a system of government by consent. People who had what the Americans would call ‘skin in the game’. Today’s head count system would [more…]
Arts
The Futility of Institutional Meddling
My mission for this week A number of readers who responded to my post last Monday, on “inflation and interest rate suppression”, asked me to explain the roles of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the [more…]
America
Lower than a Slug’s Belly – Kavanaugh’s Crucible
Essay – USA Current Events You can’t get much lower than a slug’s belly. The Senate Committee which has been considering the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court over the [more…]
Arts
20th Century
DEBT – 1945 to 2018, A Road to Serfdom
The addiction of our Government to debt is understandable. It helps to win votes and court popularity for political parties to make promises underpinned by implied expenditure, and that is the history of the two [more…]
Uncategorized
Something rotten in the land of the Prince Bishops?
William Davenport was jailed for six years last Wednesday after fraudulently securing hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of finance to buy the former home of Sir Anthony Eden, Windlestone Hall in Co Durham. He [more…]